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caritasnormalized · caritas3 analyses · 2 lemmas
Lemma 1careo, carere, carui, caritus
verb
to be without/absent from/devoid of/free from; to miss; to abstain from, lack, lose
Morphology1 analysis
participle perfect passive feminine accusative pluralcarit + as · regular
Lewis & Short
căreo, ui, ĭtum, [; scheeren; shear]
pr. carentum, 2 (pres. carint = careant. — Dep. form careor, Caper P.), to be cut off from, be without, to want, be in want of, not to have, whether in a good or bad sense; but, to be devoid of, to want, to be without some good; and with reference to the subjective state of mind, to miss it (accordingly, of a good that is merely desirable, while egere is used of the want of that which is necessary); constr. regularly with; in poets also with or (the latter also in late ).
To be without, devoid of, not to have, to be free from.
Of living subjects, and by license with an inverted construction.
To be without a thing from free-will, i.e. to deprive one's self of a thing not to make use of it, to deny one's self a thing, to abstain from (: abstineo, absum; hence utor; the foll.); — With — Hence.
Of localities, to hold one's self aloof from, not to go to; or merely, to be absent from ( abstineo, II.)
Of inanimate subjects.
To be deprived of, to be without, to feel the want of, to want something that is desirable.
With
With ; eos parentes careo, Turp.
With the access. idea of the subjective state of mind or feeling, to feel the want of a thing, to miss: triste enim est nomen ipsum carendi, quia subicitur haec vis; habuit, non habet; §.
Lemma 2caritas
nounfeminine
charity; love, affection, esteem, favor; dearness; high price
Morphology2 analyses
nominative singularcaritas · regular
vocative singularcaritas · regular
Lewis & Short
cārĭtas, ātis, [carus]
, dearness, costliness, high price, ( vilitas). — Also caritas (sc. annonae), high prices.
, regard, esteem, affection, love amor, I.; in good prose; hence, amor, as esteem to personal affection; Treb. : amor, caritas — The subjoined is usu. objective. — But sometimes also subjective, love entertained by one; (with amor). — In of the different species of affection.
In late , , caritates = cari, the loved persons.
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